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StellarCrowandClaude Fable 5.1 439e83a4cb feat(sources): Wayback pass, automatic trimming, detention rule, ten cases re-sourced 
Second and third rounds on the dossier pipeline, reviewed locally before commit.

Retrieval
- wayback_pass.py: retries every BLOCKED/DEAD/THIN/ERROR linked source through
  the Wayback Machine; blocks carry the snapshot date, archive URL and the live
  verdict. 143 slots retried: 93 fetched, 37 no snapshot, 12 script shells, 1 PDF.
- fetch_sources.py: fetch_wayback() helper.
- add_extra_sources.py: files staged extra_* finds (web search, not on the DB
  record) into the store with a provenance note.
- Cases re-sourced by web search: 248 (Oslo: Document.no, Avisa Oslo, NRK; the
  linked Le Parisien piece is case 242 and is marked OFF-CASE), 258 Kharkiv,
  260 Singapore, 358 Bangkok, 365 Las Vegas, 388 Verneuil-sur-Seine, 390 Zoersel,
  430 Homestead. 341 of 364 cases now hold a fetched article; 11, 66 and 399
  have no public text source (podcast, police video, direct victim report).

Trimming
- auto_trim.py: case-anchored furniture cut for UNTRIMMED blocks. Finds the body
  run that mentions the case, merges across subheadings and short furniture
  gaps, drops teasers, share bars, date/URL/caption lines and subscription
  pitches; refuses pages with no record term or almost no body. 302 blocks
  trimmed; 16 left on auto-trim-review.md (7 OFF-CASE suspects). Every cut is
  labelled AUTO-TRIMMED, UNREVIEWED in the dossier; the full extract stays in
  staging/. Decisions with anchors in trim-decisions-auto.json.
- build_cases.py / verify_all.py: banners for auto-trimmed and archived blocks,
  staged-file check extended to Wayback blocks, flag legend under the record.

Detention rule
- README "Definitions": the DB field `kidnappings` is the DETENTION violence
  type (victim, guard, staff or relative held to force submission or execute
  the theft), distinct from the Kidnapping scenario (taken away and held).
- detention-flag-review.md / detention-flag-corrections.json: 40 records
  reviewed with evidence; 30 set-to-1 proposals accepted by the owner on
  2026-09-06 (listed in corrections-approved.md), 10 still open.
- apply_detention_wording.py: "Violence Used" in the 70 reviewed summaries now
  names detention explicitly (62 of 70 labelled), supported by the summary's
  own text; idempotent; supersedes the batch scripts' wording.

Worklist and docs
- sofia-worklist.md: 248 decisions, detention rule item replacing the old
  "no abduction" item, fresh-search section for the textless cases.
- README-START-HERE.md: progress notes, run commands, next steps.
- Bug fixed in passing: Wayback blocks stored in-memory text with carriage
  returns; now stored as read back from disk.

verify_all.py PASSES (2321 checks).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
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CASE 118 | Ilya Basin | February 3, 2022 | USA
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DATABASE RECORD
id 118
date February 3, 2022
original_date February 3, 2022
year 2022
month 2
quarter 2022-Q1
victim Ilya Basin
location Brooklyn, New York
country USA
scenario Home Invasion
description Crypto consultant hog-tied, beaten during home invasion.
kidnappings 1
violence_torture 1
drugs_alcohol 0
weapons 0
theft 1
life_taken 0
money_wanted 2 watches worth $350,000
coin_type (null)
reports New York Post
notes He was tied up and restrained (threatened to choke him out only if he screamed), so on the edge of violence/torture
has_processed_date 1
created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
(flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)
AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
**Victim:** Ilya Basin
**Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
**Attack Method:** Home Invasion - victim kidnapped
**Violence Used:** Physical assault
**Crypto Stolen:** 2 watches worth $350,000
**Status:** Investigation ongoing
LINKED SOURCES
[url] https://nypost.com/2022/02/09/brooklyn-crypto-consultant-hog-tied-beaten-during-home-invasion/
NOTES ON THIS FILE
* matched to sheet row 119: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
Source New York Post
URL https://nypost.com/2022/02/09/brooklyn-crypto-consultant-hog-tied-beaten-during-home-invasion/
Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 119, column "Articles"
Length 4,538 chars
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Video: Brooklyn crypto consultant hog-tied, beaten during home invasion
By Reuven Fenton and Amanda Woods
Published Feb. 9, 2022
Updated Feb. 9, 2022, 5:42 p.m. ET
Explore More
Child wandering alone.
Autistic boy, 5, found wandering outside NYC laundromat while mom in custody for alleged home invasion
MMA fighter beats Florida home intruder to protect teen nephew: ‘Just God and my hands’
An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows Singer-songwriter Spencer Hatcher speaking while sitting on a chair, Image 2 shows Country music artist Spencer Hatcher playing guitar in front of a barn, Image 3 shows Holly Hatcher was killed inside her Harrisonburg, Va., home during the invasion
Country singer Spencer Hatcher breaks silence after mom was killed in Virginia home invasion: ‘Worst time of our lives’
Disturbing home surveillance footage captures a pair of home invaders hog-tying a Brooklyn man and raiding his home for two pricey designer watches.
The footage obtained by The Post Wednesday shows a ski-mask-wearing suspect kneeling over 37-year-old Ilya Basin and holding his zip-tied hands inside his high-rise apartment at West 5th Street and Neptune Avenue in Brighton Beach around noon on Feb. 3.
The duo stole a Rolex Presidential watch and an Audemars Piguet watch, which Basin says are worth a combined $350,000 today.
The terrifying ordeal lasted about a half-hour, the victim said.
“Don’t scream or we’re going to have to choke you out,” one of the suspects can be heard saying as Basin lay shirtless on the ground and his Northern Inuit dog, Smokey, barked in the background.
Terrifying video shows a pair of home invasion robbers (one wearing a ski mask) barging into a man’s Brooklyn apartment at West 5th Street and Neptune Avenue.
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A pair of home invasion robbers barged into Ilya Basin’s apartment at West 5th Street and Neptune Avenue.
“I’m not going to scream,” he replied. “I promise.”
Basin, a crypto consultant and tech buff who lives with his girlfriend – who wasn’t home at the time – said the intruders tricked him by ringing the bell and placing someone else’s package in front of his door.
The unsuspecting victim saw the package on his Nest camera and opened the door to pick it up.
The robbers ransacked Basin's bedroom and took a pair of designer watches worth more than $300,000.
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The robbers ransacked Basin’s bedroom and took a pair of designer watches worth more than $300,000.
Gabriella Bass
“As I opened it, they both bum-rushed me,” Basin said. “Maybe if I had some karate training, I would have acted differently, but my first instinct was to try to swing the door close[d].”
The ski-mask-wearing suspect then “took me down,” Basin said.
“I hit my head on the dog’s food bowl,” he added. “Once I was on the ground, they zip-tied my hands behind me. They put tape over my mouth and taped my ankles together.
“For the first minute or two, I was just hoping that I was going to wake up,” he recalled. “I didn’t think it was real. It happened so quick that I didn’t know what was going on. It [makes] no sense.”
One of the suspects is shown on the video wandering around the apartment and repeatedly asking, “Where’s the money?”
At one point, the same intruder kicked him in the face and told him to “shut up” as he whimpered on the ground.
Watches stolen in home invasion.
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The home invaders took a Rolex Presidential watch from Basin.
Gabriella Bass
In a separate video released by cops, the invader is shown rifling through the refrigerator. Basin said he took out French fries and blueberries, apparently to keep Smokey quiet.
The robber ultimately found the watches in their original boxes in Basin’s bedroom closet and stuffed them in a backpack.
The duo disconnected Basin’s Internet router and untied him before they bolted, according to the victim.
home invasion
4
Basin said the terrifying ordeal went on for about 30 minutes.
DCPI
Basin said the incident was “the most traumatizing thing that’s ever happened to me.”
“I’ve been living in this city since I was six years old,” Basin said. “This is my home, but this makes me feel like I should definitely get out of here. I don’t have enemies. I’m a sweetheart of a dude. It’s very shocking that this happened.”
He added that all his wealth was in those two watches.
“That’s all my money,” he said. “It’s literally all I have. It was my one hope of getting a house, getting out of here. It was my ‘one ticket’ situation to get a better life.”
Cops continued to search for the suspects Wednesday.
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED]
!! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person.
!! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article.
!! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting.
Source nypost.com
URL https://nypost.com/2022/02/09/brooklyn-crypto-consultant-hog-tied-beaten-during-home-invasion/
Field url
Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:52:38+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
Language unknown
Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 1-27 of 28
Length 3,484 chars
Integrity sha256 15cc4eb65df4a4174d96acc40816aaffa75d9ce7158773d9150c75464069498c
Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 1-27 plus headline [0]; dropped 0 leading and 0 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 24.
Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied
from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
Brooklyn crypto consultant hog-tied, beaten during home invasion
See more of our coverage in your search results.
Disturbing home surveillance footage captures a pair of home invaders hog-tying a Brooklyn man and raiding his home for two pricey designer watches.
The footage obtained by The Post Wednesday shows a ski-mask-wearing suspect kneeling over 37-year-old Ilya Basin and holding his zip-tied hands inside his high-rise apartment at West 5th Street and Neptune Avenue in Brighton Beach around noon on Feb. 3.
The duo stole a Rolex Presidential watch and an Audemars Piguet watch, which Basin says are worth a combined $350,000 today.
The terrifying ordeal lasted about a half-hour, the victim said.
“Don’t scream or we’re going to have to choke you out,” one of the suspects can be heard saying as Basin lay shirtless on the ground and his Northern Inuit dog, Smokey, barked in the background.
“I’m not going to scream,” he replied. “I promise.”
Basin, a crypto consultant and tech buff who lives with his girlfriend – who wasn’t home at the time – said the intruders tricked him by ringing the bell and placing someone else’s package in front of his door.
The unsuspecting victim saw the package on his Nest camera and opened the door to pick it up.
“As I opened it, they both bum-rushed me,” Basin said. “Maybe if I had some karate training, I would have acted differently, but my first instinct was to try to swing the door close[d].”
The ski-mask-wearing suspect then “took me down,” Basin said.
“I hit my head on the dog’s food bowl,” he added. “Once I was on the ground, they zip-tied my hands behind me. They put tape over my mouth and taped my ankles together.
“For the first minute or two, I was just hoping that I was going to wake up,” he recalled. “I didn’t think it was real. It happened so quick that I didn’t know what was going on. It [makes] no sense.”
One of the suspects is shown on the video wandering around the apartment and repeatedly asking, “Where’s the money?”
At one point, the same intruder kicked him in the face and told him to “shut up” as he whimpered on the ground.
In a separate video released by cops, the invader is shown rifling through the refrigerator. Basin said he took out French fries and blueberries, apparently to keep Smokey quiet.
The robber ultimately found the watches in their original boxes in Basin’s bedroom closet and stuffed them in a backpack.
The duo disconnected Basin’s Internet router and untied him before they bolted, according to the victim.
Basin said the incident was “the most traumatizing thing that’s ever happened to me.”
“I’ve been living in this city since I was six years old,” Basin said. “This is my home, but this makes me feel like I should definitely get out of here. I don’t have enemies. I’m a sweetheart of a dude. It’s very shocking that this happened.”
He added that all his wealth was in those two watches.
“That’s all my money,” he said. “It’s literally all I have. It was my one hope of getting a house, getting out of here. It was my ‘one ticket’ situation to get a better life.”
Cops continued to search for the suspects Wednesday.
A pair of home invasion robbers barged into Ilya Basin's apartment at West 5th Street and Neptune Avenue.
The robbers ransacked Basin's bedroom and took a pair of designer watches worth more than $300,000.
The home invaders took a Rolex Presidential watch from Basin.
Basin said the terrifying ordeal went on for about 30 minutes.
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